Regarding coworking spaces everywhere, I strongly agree that you need competent people to set the culture locally, but the number of places with such people is rapidly increasing.
And there’s also something to the fact that if you try to run a project far away from current cultural hubs, then it can drift away from your intended purpose. But if there is decent local culture, some interchange of people between hubs, and some centralised management, I think it would work pretty well.
The considerations for centralising office management and gatekeeping seem strong overall—freeing up a lot of EA organisers’ time, improving scalability, and improving ability to travel between offices.
Regarding coworking spaces everywhere, I strongly agree that you need competent people to set the culture locally, but the number of places with such people is rapidly increasing.
And there’s also something to the fact that if you try to run a project far away from current cultural hubs, then it can drift away from your intended purpose. But if there is decent local culture, some interchange of people between hubs, and some centralised management, I think it would work pretty well.
The considerations for centralising office management and gatekeeping seem strong overall—freeing up a lot of EA organisers’ time, improving scalability, and improving ability to travel between offices.